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Study analysed samples of oxytocin in 15 countries
Poor quality oxytocin, a drug used to stop excessive bleeding in pregnant women, has been linked to high maternal mortality.
Excessive bleeding or post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) is responsible for 40 per cent of maternal deaths (two in every five deaths) in the country as per a 2017 Ministry of Health report.
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